Moved to Page 1: War on Terror Operations, Home Front: WoT because:
- It took place on 9/11/2022 in a reservoir near Ft. Collins, CO
- Pilot Ahmed M. El Kaddah: flight instructor, commercial and airline transport licenses; 3580 hours total flight time; lived in Boulder, CO;
- Co-pilot Hamad M. El-Kaddah: commercial pilot license; 7000 hours flight time; lives in Cairo, Egypt; same name and year of birth as co-pilot of EgyptAir flight 181 that was hijacked to Cyprus in March, 2016 — he volunteered to stay on the plane with hijacker so the passengers would be released, then escaped out a window
- Both pilots, who are brothers, told different stories about damage to the airplane that caused problems, but NTSB reported plane showed no damage at all. After NTSB questioned him, co-pilot Ahmad fled the country.
Interesting discussion from a pilot’s perspective at the video.
— trailing wife for the moderators at 11:45 a.m. EDT |